Progress 09/15/06 to 09/14/10
Outputs
This HEC funding has enabled the launching of a new DVM/MS in Food Safety dual degree program. Additionally, the new courses resulting from this HEC grant are also being used to more than double the size of the MS in Food Safety degree program, to create a new DVM/MPH degree dual degree program at MSU and to triple the size of our MPH program from 50 to 150 newly enrolled students per year. Three new courses have been initiated and are still being enhanced. PRODUCTS: This HEC funding has enabled the launching of a new DVM/MS in Food Safety dual degree program. Additionally, the new courses resulting from this HEC grant are also being used to more than double the size of the MS in Food Safety degree program, to create a new DVM/MPH degree dual degree program at MSU and to triple the size of our MPH program from 50 to 150 newly enrolled students per year. Three new courses have been initiated and are still being enhanced. VM-830-730 Food Safety Research Methods was taught for the first time in 2008. The course was very successful and has been made into a required course for all the MS in Food Safety students, including the DVM/MS students. This course is offered two or three semesters per year. The VM-831-730 Foodborne Disease Epidemiology course was also taught in 2008 and 2009, and is now a required course for the MS in Food Safety program. Additionally, this course is required for the MPH program. We hope that this course sharing will bring about the melding of the MPH and MS in Food Safety programs, eventually leading to additional course sharing and the initiation of a food safety specialty for our new MPH program. The VM-832-730 Food Safety Disease Control course was taught in 2008, 2009 and 2010 to the DVM/MS students as well as to the regular MS in Food Safety students. This 3-credit course may also be offered as three separate one-credit courses: Food Safety Principles and International Practice, Food Inspection Programs and National and International Disease Control Programs. OUTCOMES: Three additional courses are being developed as expansions of these courses. An additional one-credit program in dairy and meat inspection may also be added. One of the modules regarding antimicrobial resistance involved the creation of an open-access website http://amrls.cvm.msu.edu for teaching veterinary students and graduate veterinarians about the principles of antimicrobial resistance. This project has twenty modules and over 40 hours of learning material, and will be the basis for a new course for both our MS in Food Safety students and the MPH program. An additional course is being planned in the Interface of Human and Animal Medicine. In part because of the availability of these additional courses, the MS in Food Safety program has grown as indicated below: Academic Year New students starting 2006 - 2007 23 2007 - 2008 23 2008 - 2009 29 2009 - 2010 40 Currently about 20% are veterinarians or veterinary students. The new DVM/MS in Food Safety combined program was approved by Michigan State University and 4-5 DVM students have enrolled. The program is very simple to describe. Veterinary students take two on-line food safety courses during the summer after their first year of veterinary school and take another two courses during the summer after their 2nd year of veterinary school. They transfer 9 credits from veterinary school. After graduation from veterinary school, they need to take 3 additional on-line courses. During the coming year, we hope to offer the dual degree program to veterinary students at other universities. MSU's new MPH program has also been actively recruiting students, and they are all taking the epidemiology course that was created with this HEC funding. There are currently about 7 veterinary students who are concurrently working on their MPH degrees. Our MPH program started with 12 students in academic 2008-2009, 38 students in 2009-2010 and over 150 students during 2010-2011. We hope to integrate several MS in Food Safety courses with MSU's new MPH program and eventually offer a food safety specialty within the MPH degree program. Many MS in food safety courses will be included among the 6 elective courses required of the MPH students. Graduate student Dr. Joy Gordoncillo participated in the development of the VM 832 Disease Control course and the VM 831 Epidemiology course. She is currently leading a project to evaluate teaching materials used for these courses. DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES: One of the modules in VM 832 regarding antimicrobial resistance involved the creation of an open-access website http://amrls.cvm.msu.edu for teaching veterinary students and graduate veterinarians about the principles of antimicrobial resistance. This website will be advertised via direct mailing in November 2010 to all public health, microbiology, pharmacology, beef cattle medicine, dairy cattle medicine and companion animal medicine course moderators of U.S. veterinary schools. A promotional brochure will also be sent via several listserv to veterinary specialty groups. The availability of the DVM/MS in Food Safety online program is being advertised as part of the MS in Food Safety program's ongoing promotional activities. FUTURE INITIATIVES: See "Outcomes/Impacts"
Impacts
See "Outcomes/impacts"
Publications
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Progress 09/15/08 to 09/14/09
Outputs
Three new courses have been initiated and are still being developed and enhanced. VM-830-730 Food Safety Research Methods was taught for the first time in 2008. The course was very successful and has been made into a required course for all the MS in Food Safety students, including the DVM/MS students. This course was last offered in the summer of 2009. The VM-831-730 Foodborne Disease Epidemiology course was also taught in 2008 and 2009, and has now been designated as one of two courses that can be used to meet the epidemiology requirement for the MS in Food Safety. Additionally, this course was taught in the fall of 2008 and 2009 to MSU's MPH class. We hope that this course-sharing will bring about the melding of the MPH and MS in Food Safety programs, eventually leading to additional course sharing and the initiation of a food safety specialty for our new MPH program. The VM-832-730 Food Safety Disease Control course was taught in 2008 and 2009 to the DVM/MS students as well as to the regular MS in Food Safety students. This 3-credit course may also be offered as three separate one-credit courses: Food Safety Principles and International Practice, Food Inspection Programs and National and International Disease Control Programs. An additional one-credit program in meat inspection may also be added, as well as a course in communicable disese control. In part because of the availability of these additional courses, the MS in Food Safety program has grown as indicated below: Academic Year New students starting 2006 - 2007 23 2007 - 2008 23 2008 - 2009 29 2009 - 2010 40 Currently about 20% are veterinarians or veterinary students. The new DVM/MS in Food Safety combined program was approved by Michigan State University and three DVM students have enrolled, with a fourth likely. The program is very simple to describe. Veterinary students take two on-line food safety courses during the summer after their first year of veterinary school and take another two courses during the summer after their 2nd year of veterinary school. They transfer 9 credits from veterinary school. After graduation from veterinary school, they need to take 3 additional on-line courses. During the coming year, we hope to offer the dual degree program to veterinary students at other universities. MSU's new MPH program has also been actively recruiting students, and they are all taking the epidemiology course that was created with this HEC funding. This program started in academic 2008-2009 with 12 students, and started 38 students in 2009-2010. We hope to integrate several MS in Food Safety courses with MSU's new MPH program, and eventually offer a food safety specialty within the MPH degree program. Many MS in Food Safety courses will be included among the 6 elective courses required of the MPH students. PRODUCTS: VM-830-730 Food Safety Research Methods was taught for the first time in 2008. The course was very successful and has been made into a required course for all the MS in Food Safety students, including the DVM/MS students. This course was last offered in the summer of 2009. The VM-831-730 Foodborne Disease Epidemiology course was also taught in 2008 and 2009, and has now been designated as one of two courses that can be used to meet the epidemiology requirement for the MS in Food Safety. Additionally, this course was taught in the fall of 2008 and 2009 to MSU's MPH class. We hope that this course sharing will bring about the melding of the MPH and MS in Food Safety programs, eventually leading to additional course sharing and the initiation of a food safety specialty for our new MPH program. The VM-832-730 Food Safety Disease Control course was taught in 2008 and 2009 to the DVM/MS students as well as to the regular MS in Food Safety students. This 3-credit course may also be offered as three separate one-credit courses: Food Safety Principles and International Practice, Food Inspection Programs and National and International Disease Control Programs. OUTCOMES: In part because of the availability of these additional courses, the MS in Food Safety Program has grown as indicated below: Academic Year New students starting 2006 - 2007 23 2007 - 2008 23 2008 - 2009 29 2009 - 2010 40 Currently about 20% are veterinarians or veterinary students. MSU's new MPH program has also been actively recruiting students, and they are all taking the epidemiology course that was created with this HEC funding. This program started in academic 2008-2009 with 12 students, and started 38 students in 2009-2010. DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES: The courses taught to students is our means of disseminating information regarding food safety. FUTURE INITIATIVES: We hope to integrate several MS in Food Safety courses with MSU's new MPH program, and eventually offer a food safety specialty within the MPH degree program. Many MS in Food Safety courses will be included among the 6 elective courses required of the MPH students. An additional one-credit program in meat inspection may also be added. A course in communicable disease control is being planned.
Impacts
In part because of the availability of these additional courses, the MS in Food Safety program has grown as indicated below: Academic Year New students starting 2006 - 2007 23 2007 - 2008 23 2008 - 2009 29 2009 - 2010 40 The new DVM/MS in Food Safety combined program was approved by Michigan State University and three DVM students have enrolled, with a fourth likely. MSU's new MPH program has also been actively recruiting students, and they are all taking the epidemiology course that was created with this HEC funding. This program started in academic 2008-2009 with 12 students, and started 38 students in 2009-2010. We hope to integrate several MS in Food Safety courses with MSU's new MPH program and eventually offer a food safety specialty within the MPH degree program. Many MS in Food Safety courses will be included among the 6 elective courses required of the MPH students.
Publications
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Progress 09/15/07 to 09/14/08
Outputs
As promised, we created and taught three new courses. VM-830-730 Food Safety Research Methods was taught for the first time in 2008. The course was very successful and will be made into a required course for all the MS in Food Safety students, including the new DVM/MS students. The VM-831-730 Foodborne Disease Epidemiology course was also taught in 2008, and has now been designated as one of two courses that can be used to meet the epidemiology requirement for the MS in Food Safety. Additionally, this course was taught in the fall of 2008 to MSU's first MPH class. We hope that this course sharing will bring about the melding of the MPH and MS in Food Safety programs, eventually leading to additional course sharing and the initiation of a food safety specialty for our new MPH program. The VM-832-730 Food Safety Disease Control course was also taught in 2008 to the DVM/MS students as well as to the regular MS in Food Safety students. This 3-credit course may also be offered as three separate one-credit courses: Food Safety Principles and International Practice, Food Inspection Programs and National and International Disease Control Programs. An additional one-credit program in meat inspection may also be added. The MS in Food Safety program has grown from enrolling about 20 new students per year to enrolling about 25 new students per year. Currently about 20% are veterinarians or veterinary students. The new DVM/MS in Food Safety combined program was approved by Michigan State University and the first two DVM students have enrolled. The program is very simple to describe. Veterinary students take two on-line food safety courses during the summer after their first year of veterinary school and take another two courses during the summer after their 2nd year of veterinary school. They transfer 9 credits from veterinary school. After graduation from veterinary school, they need to take 3 additional on-line courses. During the coming year, we hope to offer the dual degree program to veterinary students at other universities. PRODUCTS: VM-830-730 Food Safety Research Methods was taught for the first time in 2008. The course was very successful and will be made into a required course for all the MS in Food Safety students, including the new DVM/MS students. The VM-831-730 Foodborne Disease Epidemiology course was also taught in 2008, and has now been designated as one of two courses that can be used to meet the epidemiology requirement for the MS in Food Safety. Additionally, this course was taught in the fall of 2008 to MSU's first MPH class. We hope that this course sharing will bring about the melding of the MPH and MS in Food Safety programs, eventually leading to additional course sharing and the initiation of a food safety specialty for our new MPH program. The VM-832-730 Food Safety Disease Control course was also taught in 2008 to the DVM/MS students as well as to the regular MS in Food Safety students. This 3-credit course may also be offered as three separate one-credit courses: Food Safety Principles and International Practice, Food Inspection Programs and National and International Disease Control Programs. An additional one-credit program in meat inspection may also be added OUTCOMES: The MS in Food Safety program has grown from enrolling about 20 new students per year to enrolling about 25 new students per year. Currently about 20% are veterinarians or veterinary students. The new DVM/MS in Food Safety combined program was approved by Michigan State University and the first two DVM students have enrolled. The program is very simple to describe. Veterinary students take two on-line food safety courses during the summer after their first year of veterinary school and take another two courses during the summer after their 2nd year of veterinary school. They transfer 9 credits from veterinary school. After graduation from veterinary school, they need to take 3 additional on-line courses. During the coming year, we hope to offer the dual degree program to veterinary students at other universities. DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES: The MS in Food Safety program has been active in recruiting students, and our enrollment of new students has increased from about 20 to about 25 per year. MSU's new MPH program has also been actively recruiting students, and they are all taking the epidemiology course that was created with this HEC funding. FUTURE INITIATIVES: We would the MS in Food Safety program to continue to grow, and would like to publicize the DVM/MS in Food Safety program to veterinary students at other universities. We hope to integrate our new courses with MSU's new MPH program and eventually offer a food safety specialty within the MPH degree program.
Impacts
The MS in Food Safety program has grown from enrolling about 20 new students per year to enrolling about 25 new students per year. Currently about 20% are veterinarians or veterinary students. The new DVM/MS in Food Safety combined program was approved by Michigan State University and the first two DVM students have enrolled. The program is very simple to describe. Veterinary students take two on-line food safety courses during the summer after their first year of veterinary school and take another two courses during the summer after their 2nd year of veterinary school. They transfer 9 credits from veterinary school. After graduation from veterinary school, they need to take 3 additional on-line courses. During the coming year, we hope to offer the dual degree program to veterinary students at other universities.
Publications
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Progress 09/15/06 to 09/14/07
Outputs
The project is going very well. We are ahead of schedule. Two of the three promised 3-credit courses have been written and are being taught this current semester (fall semester 2007) to ten graduate students. These courses are VM 831 Foodborne Disease Epidemiology and VM 832 Foodborne Disease Control. The last remaining course (VM 833 Foodborne Disease Research Methods) has been outlined, instructors have been identified for each module, and we plan to teach this course for the first time in summer semester 2008. In the summer of 2007, the DVM / MS Dual Degree Food Safety Program was approved by our University. We are currently talking to faculty members and administrators regarding how we should best integrate this new dual degree program with other teaching programs. We already have two veterinary students who have expressed their intent to apply for this new dual degree program when it is offered. We will soon announce this dual degree program to our first and
second year veterinary students.
PRODUCTS: We have created two of the three promised new courses. The third is being developed.
OUTCOMES: The new dual degree program has been initiated.
DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES: None yet. We have only completed the first year of the project.
FUTURE INITIATIVES: One of the new courses will also be used for a new MPH program.
Impacts
We are now teaching the two new courses to about 10 graduate students.
Publications
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